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The third seat was for Marisol, but she was late. Carl checked his phone. 6:54. They had a six-minute window before the 580 turned into a parking lot. He was about to call it when she came running—scuffed work boots, high-vis vest unzipped, a hard hat swinging from her belt loop. She worked the morning shift at the Port of Oakland, loading containers.

The old Crown Victoria had seen better days, but for Carl, it was a palace. Every morning at 6:47 AM, he pulled his beige barge into the gravel lot behind the abandoned Texaco off I-580 in Richmond. He left the engine running. The heat in the back seat didn't work. car pool richmond

No one moved. They had 45 minutes to get to work. No carpool lane access without the third passenger. No third passenger without the car. The third seat was for Marisol, but she was late

"Fine," Sofia sighed, handing him one too. "But you owe me." They had a six-minute window before the 580